Teruo Shimabara

Teruo Shimabara (島原 輝夫)

• Bats Left, Throws Left
• Height 5' 8", Weight 162 lb.

• High School Taichung Shogyo High School

• Born February 2, 1927 in Taichung City Taiwan
• Died July 12, 2004 in Fukuoka, Fukuoka Japan

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Biographical Information

Teruo Shimabara played in Nippon Pro Baseball for 14 years.

Shimabara was signed by the Nankai Hawks in 1950, and he hit .349/.382/.434 in 46 games that season. He had a .245/.295/.327 batting line in 1951, then he batted .318/.356/.382 in 1952. Shimabara played 109 games with a .297/.318/.353 batting line in 1953, and he was 6th in the Pacific League in batting (between Kazuo Kageyama and Tokuji Iida). Shimabara went 7-for-21 in the 1953 Nippon Series, and the Yomiuri Giants beat the Hawks in 7 games. He hit .298/.332/.401 in 114 games in 1954.

When Hiroshi Minohara joined the team, Shimabara lost his starting spot in the outfield and he recorded a .305/.337/.354 batting line in 1955. He slumped to .140/.231/.183 in 1956, and he had a .237/.297/.270 batting line in 1957. Shimabara hit .227/.268/.291 in 1958, and he improved to .316/.373/.382 in 1959. However, his batting line fell to .206/.254/.254 in 1960. He hit .264/.317/.318 and .269/.290/.284 respectively in the next two seasons, and he announced his retirement after having a .204/.295/.222 batting line in 1963. He later coached the minor league team of the Nishitetsu Lions from 1970 to 1973, and he was a scout for them from 1974 to 1984.

Overall, Shimabara hit .274/.314/.335 with 554 hits and 3 homers in 14 seasons in NPB.

Sources

• Wiki Japan